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One of Britain's most dangerous invasive species, the so-called "killer shrimp", which destroys a wide range of water life, has started to spread across the country in a development described as "potentially disastrous".

Feeding on young fish and tiny aquatic creatures, the invasive species could be disastrous to UK wildlife

The 4am munchies just got a whole lot more convenient in LA, after Sprinkles shop in Beverly Hills created the world's first 24-hour cupcake ATM.

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Warm weather and an idyllic location make Amani the perfect base for a Channel Islands spring break, says Kate Simon

Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy

Whether in the cut-throat field of politics or the fashion industry's corridors of power, this year they left our planet a better place. Celebrate 10 of the best, nominated by Independent writers

The number of people admitted to hospital with life-threatening anaphylactic shock – involving sudden swelling, breathlessness and low blood pressure – has increased by at least 700 per cent in the last two decades.

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More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, research has found.

More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research has found.

Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy

My earliest food memory... Cooking Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle when I was nine years old. I might have helped my mother make cookies before, but that was the first time I discovered you could actually cook whole [meals] and there were books that would tell you how to do it. I did the whole thing myself – the turkey, the stuffing, the potatoes, the cranberry sauce... The reaction to it was reasonably positive, though by my standards now, it wasn't very good.